Posts Tagged ‘iPhone App’

Flickr Finally Goes Native With An iPhone App

Posted in Technology on September 8th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment

Screen shot 2009-09-08 at 3.19.41 AMDespite having one of the most popular online photo services in the world, Flickr has done things the hard way on the iPhone. That is to say, for browsing photos they’ve made you go through their optimized website, and for uploading you had to do it through email. Both worked fine, but were not as seamless as a native iPhone application. Now they have that as well. Read More

Citizen Sports’ iPhone App Is Better Than ESPN’s, But They’re Not Named ESPN

Posted in Technology on August 28th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment

screen-shot-2009-08-28-at-20402-pmAs a startup in the sports sphere, Citizen Sports has a simple, but annoying problem: They’re not ESPN. And it’s simply hard to compete with the name that has basically become synonymous with sports. Yahoo might be able to do it because, well, they’re Yahoo, but for a startup, it can be frustrating when, on many levels, you’re beating your competitors in innovation, but still trailing by so much. Read More

Apple Will Approve Rhapsody’s iPhone App, But It Will Still Be A Dud

Posted in Technology on August 24th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment

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TweetPhoto iPhone App Rejected Because Logo Resembles Polaroid Shot

Posted in Technology on August 23rd, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment

I know, I know. I’m growing a bit tired of having to sift through e-mails from iPhone app developers who have seen their fruits of labor (big or small) rejected by Apple’s team of mobile software scrutinizers myself too. But I keep being amazed by the reasons Cupertino puts forward for not allowing apps into the App Store, and this is another classic example: TweetPhoto, a TwitPic competitor that lets Twitter users share photos quickly and easily, saw its first ever iPhone app barred from entry because its logo is slightly reminiscent of a Polaroid photograph. Read More

Posterous Finally Has An iPhone App, Could Have Been Way Better

Posted in Technology on August 19th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment

We’re big fans (and users) of übersimple microblogging service Posterous here at TechCrunch, and I’ve been eagerly awaiting the day that the young upstart would finally come out with an iPhone app. Frankly, needing to go to the camera roll on my iPhone and e-mailing in pictures I wanted to post on my Posterous blog every time had become a little tedious. Read More